Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kainos is a technology company delivering digital services and Workday solutions. The Workday Test Lead Consultant will deliver manual testing services, ensure effective use of the Smart automated testing tool, apply Workday expertise to client projects, and address complex functional challenges. The role also involves client consulting, relationship management, solution delivery, process improvement, and communication with project teams.
Responsibilities
- Deliver Kainos testing commitments to clients, ensuring they are completed on time and to the required quality standards
- Deliver manual testing services
- Ensure our automated testing tool, Smart, is used effectively for test events in your region in line with client contracts
- Apply your Workday expertise on high-profile projects
- Address complex functional challenges
- Act as a key point of contact for clients
- Build strong customer relationships and shape and deliver solutions that meet client needs, are fit for purpose, and are commercially sound
- Provide expert consulting and guidance by developing a strong understanding of each customer’s business
- Capture lessons learned and use them to improve best-practice recommendations, project delivery processes, and supporting artefacts as our approach continues to evolve
- Collaborate closely with others to help centralize communication for #OneTeam reporting
- Develops new skills & services in relation to current and future market requirements
- Create and maintain testing collateral across a range of service offerings
- Shape and deliver test consulting engagements that drive clear business value, while contributing to improvements in project approaches and testing artefacts
- Implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
- Travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required) if required
Skills
- Strong understanding of the quality assurance lifecycle testing and automated testing in the Workday environment
- Strong customer focus, with the ability to assess needs, build relationships, manage expectations, and judge when to challenge, escalate, or go the extra mile
- Ability to shape and deliver test consulting engagements that drive clear business value, while contributing to improvements in project approaches and testing artefacts
- Ability to create and maintain testing collateral across a range of service offerings
- Extensive commercial experience in a software testing environment
- Good understanding of Workday products
- Strong awareness of technology trends, particularly cloud computing and SaaS
- Degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field
- Develops new skills & services in relation to current and future market requirements
- Strong communicator, able to communicate with customers and colleagues with impact, credibility, and empathy, including in a remote working situation. Sound ability to formally present to senior Client audiences
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of Customer demands and Kainos commercials
- Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts
- Strong consulting skills e.g. presenting, leading workshops, demonstrating and explaining complex functionality or solutions to customers
- Able to implement improvements in tools and/or processes to help the practice
- Commercial understanding of utilization within a services organization and the importance of these targets
- Minimum 5 years experience in relevant commercial environment
- Experience creating and working to project plans
- Sound communication skills including ability to present to customer audiences
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and participate as part of a team
- Ideally in a client-facing role
- Preferably with a Financials background
- Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required)
- Workday Financials Certification
- Professional qualifications in your area of expertise
- Experience in post deployment services
Benefits
- People-first culture where ideas are valued
- Growth support
- Diverse, inclusive team environment where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive
- Opportunities to make a meaningful impact
- Significant opportunities for professional growth
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